2004 Nissan Murano: loss of power steering

6 of the 678 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Murano describe loss of power steering.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Loss of power steering by model year

2020
1
2018
1
2016
1
2014
3
2013
6
2007
5
2006
11
2005
1
2004
6
2003
11

What owners say

Filed Sep 22, 2018 · Electrical, Fuel system · 164,000 miles · CA

I was driving at about 30 MPH on a city street and all the dash lights came on including the brake light, car would not accelerate and steering wheel locked like it had no power steering. Pulled over, parked, turned off car, waited a minute. Turned car back on and all dash lights were off again. Drove for a mile to see if it would happen again and it did not. What the hell, @nissan? I had my children in the car. That's not safe for a car to just turn off like that.

Filed May 9, 2015 · Acceleration, Steering · 121,400 miles · MD

The steering became extremely hard all of a sudden during driving. And ever since the problem persisted, it was very difficult (almost impossible) to make a big turn, on either side. This happened during parking, when the car was speeding up or slowing down (10 to 30 MPH) and also on highway (up to 65 MPH). Fortunately no accident happened but it is believed the car is not drivable under such condition.

Filed Nov 25, 2013 · Steering · DC

Intermittent power steering failure. Many complaints filed about this issue.

Filed Sep 13, 2010 · Engine · 75,000 miles · OK

Uses oil!! I heard a rattle or a chattering noise form the engine on light acceleration. Checked engine oil it was low. Put about 1-1.5qts in. Fixed problem. Next oil change about 1500-2000 miles into the oil change heard same thing. Again low oil repeated last process. Changed oil and again about 1500-2000 miles into the oil change same problem. There isn't a leak one any wear out side the engine must be leaking past the rings and into the cylinders and being burnt. If not caught in time will eventually lead to engine failure which means no power steering no power brakes, caught in traffic, or out in the middle of no wear.

Filed Sep 27, 2005 · Steering · FL

Power steering is very heavy when attempting quick maneuvers, e.g. Parking, lane change, accident avoidance.

Filed Nov 17, 2004 · Steering · CA

Complaint received via e-mail. On the morning of september 16, 2004 I was driving about 35 or 40 MPH on highway 680 south at highway 101 interchange near san jose, california when I had to rapidly turn the steering wheel to my left to avoid rear ending a car in front of me. During the return motion of the wheels I unexpectedly lost power steering boost. Fortunately I was able to act very quickly, and forced the steering wheel back to where it belonged. In doing so I avoided a certain collision with the car on my left lane. As the result of this incident, I hurt my left wrist. Later, at a parking lot, I tried to recreate the loss of power steering I had encountered by rapidly turning the steering wheel half a turn to the left and then to the right and every time the power steering boost failed. The system appeared to be normal until the driver had to execute a maneuver to avoid a road hazard. That was when the system failed, and by then it may be too late to do anything about it. From information obtained from various forums on the internet (e.g. Nissan murano and consumer reports magazine, this problem appeared to be very real and very common with all 2003 and 2004 nissan murano vehicles, and therefore it represented a clear safety hazard that needed to be addressed and fixed before any lives were lost.